1 Dead 4194 flies 2070 cause the ointment 8081 of the apothecary 7543 to send forth 5042 a stinking savour 887: so doth a little 4592 folly 5531 him that is in reputation 3368 for wisdom 2451 and honour 3519.
2 A wise man's 2450 heart 3820 is at his right hand 3225; but a fool's 3684 heart 3820 at his left 8040.
3 Yea also, when he that is a fool 5530 walketh 1980 by the way 1870, his wisdom 3820 faileth 2638 him, and he saith 559 to every one that he is a fool 5530.
4 If the spirit 7307 of the ruler 4910 rise up 5927 against thee, leave 3240 not thy place 4725; for yielding 4832 pacifieth 3240 great 1419 offences 2399.
5 There is 3426 an evil 7451 which I have seen 7200 under the sun 8121, as an error 7684 which proceedeth 3318 from 6440 the ruler 7989:
6 Folly 5529 is set 5414 in great 7227 dignity 4791, and the rich 6223 sit 3427 in low place 8216.
7 I have seen 7200 servants 5650 upon horses 5483, and princes 8269 walking 1980 as servants 5650 upon the earth 776.
8 He that diggeth 2658 a pit 1475 shall fall 5307 into it; and whoso breaketh 6555 an hedge 1447, a serpent 5175 shall bite 5391 him.
9 Whoso removeth 5265 stones 68 shall be hurt 6087 therewith; and he that cleaveth 1234 wood 6086 shall be endangered 5533 thereby.
10 If the iron 1270 be blunt 6949, and he do not whet 7043 the edge 6440, then must he put 1396 to more strength 2428: but wisdom 2451 is profitable 3504 to direct 3787.
11 Surely the serpent 5175 will bite 5391 without enchantment 3908; and a babbler 3956 1167 is no better 3504.
12 The words 1697 of a wise man's 2450 mouth 6310 are gracious 2580; but the lips 8193 of a fool 3684 will swallow up 1104 himself.
13 The beginning 8462 of the words 1697 of his mouth 6310 is foolishness 5531: and the end 319 of his talk 6310 is mischievous 7451 madness 1948.
14 A fool 5530 also is full 7235 of words 1697: a man 120 cannot tell 3045 what shall be; and what shall be after 310 him, who can tell 5046 him?
15 The labour 5999 of the foolish 3684 wearieth 3021 every one of them, because he knoweth 3045 not how to go 3212 to the city 5892.
16 Woe 337 to thee, O land 776, when thy king 4428 is a child 5288, and thy princes 8269 eat 398 in the morning 1242!
17 Blessed 835 art thou, O land 776, when thy king 4428 is the son 1121 of nobles 2715, and thy princes 8269 eat 398 in due season 6256, for strength 1369, and not for drunkenness 8358!
18 By much slothfulness 6103 the building 4746 decayeth 4355; and through idleness 8220 of the hands 3027 the house 1004 droppeth through 1811.
19 A feast 3899 is made 6213 for laughter 7814, and wine 3196 maketh merry 8055 2416: but money 3701 answereth 6030 all things.
20 Curse 7043 not the king 4428, no not in thy thought 4093; and curse 7043 not the rich 6223 in thy bedchamber 2315 4904: for a bird 5775 of the air 8064 shall carry 3212 the voice 6963, and that which hath 1167 wings 3671 shall tell 5046 the matter 1697.